Ten years after the Black Death devastated the country a poor family sets out on a journey to search for better living conditions. In a deserted mountain pass they are attacked by a gang of ruthless killer thieves. The only one spared is 19 year old Signe. She is taken prisoner and the gang brings her back to their camp. Here she soon learns that they have a fate worse than death in store for her and realises that her only hope is to escape.